Description of two new species of Gonatocerus Nees from India, with notes on Gonatocerus tamilanus Mani and Saraswat (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae).

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SHAHID BIN ZEYA, S. MANICKAVASAGAM, AND A. RAMESHKUMAR 5-9

ABSTRACT: Two new species of Gonatocerus of the litoralis group (G. coimbatorensis, sp. nov., G.triapitsyni, sp. nov.) are described from specimens collected from Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. Brief notes are given on G. tamilanus Mani and Saraswat.

First Record of the Genus Astichus Förster (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae: Entiinae) from India with description of a New Species and Key to Asiatic Species

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1. C. NARENDRAN           11-16

ABSTRACT: The genus Astichus Förster (Eulophidae) is reported for the first time from the Indian subcontinent with description of a new species Astichus santhoshi sp. nov. A key to Asiatic species of Astichus is provided.

Glyptothorax elankadensis (Order-Siluriformes: family- Sisoridae), a new fish species from Manimala River, Kerala, India

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MATHEWS PLAMOOTTIL AND NELSON P. ABRAHAM           17-25

ABSTRACT: Glyptothorax elankadensis is described as a new sisorid species of the genus Glyptothorax, from Manimala River, Kerala, India. It is characterized as follows: Osseous serrated principal ray of dorsal and pectoral fins, with four pairs of barbels, all fins yellow tipped. Three narrow yellow bands – one mid dorsal and others mid lateral- present on longitudinal axis of body. Two small yellowish round spots on dorsal side downwards and backwards from dorsal fin origin. Median fontanel on the dorsal side of the head very faint and indistinct. Occipital process does not reach basal bone of dorsal fin. Meristic, metric and other morphological features of G. elankadensis described and compared with its relatives.

New Record of Two Scleractinian Corals to Indian Waters from Ritchie’s Archipelago, Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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TAMAL MONDAL AND C. RAGHUNATHAN           27-30

Study of the tribe Phanerotomini Baker (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Hormozgan province of Iran with two new records

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ALI AMERI, ALI ASGHAR TALEBI, KARIM KAMALI AND EHSAN RAKHSHANI           31-38

Microsporidian infection in wild and captive – bred populations of butterflies in South India

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1. G. SMITHA, T. O. SASIDHARAN, O. K. REMADEVI AND JAYEETA BHATTACHARYA           39-45